Awwwwwww. Poor Sapphire. And indeed poor Abby for being on the receiving end of that attitude.

I suspect some sort of life-affirming conversation with 'Nique might be coming up for Abby to learn that actually she can aspire to be a positive role model and so on. Either that or she bumps in to Fyoosh and borrows that book Criminy gave her - "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough & doggone it people like me" or something.

There's a possibility that Fyoosh knows Abby and/or Saph, considering plenty of characters seem to introduce themselves to each other off screen and have unseen connections, but she there has never been a strip where she interacted with either of the two._________________Character Chart | Terminology Dictionary | Flashback Strips

Saphy, you're already a positive role model for me. You have a hard life, but you still work hard and get by. You've pulled yourself up by your bootstraps and kept yourself afloat despite everything. Every time I see you, I resolve to work harder.

drat, you are right - i remembered her in school, forgot she hadn't been devilfied yet.

.....which suggests that crim is right, and no one was always a devil-girl. but blue's story (compared to pebbles) still suggests that there can be different levels of - what, involvement? willingness? self-selection? in becoming a devil-girl.

the devil, on the other hand, seems always to have been the devil, and li'l e was born with horns. so are devil-boys always devil-boys, or are some of them also bomfees?_________________aka: neverscared!
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